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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I love my offbranded Bell subsidiary substitute! It gives me the illusion of choice so I can feel like I am not funding Bell while still using the internet.

In all seriousness, where are we on other options? PublicMobile got bought out by Telus. Any non big telecom options for phone and internet?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I have TekSavvy internet (unless you're in their small fiber network, yes you're still using Bell/Rogers/Cogeco/Telus local lines) and my cell phone is with Fizz (flanker brand of VideoTron, which also owns Freedom, which is all owned by Quebecor).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

unless you're in their small fiber network, yes you're still using Bell/Rogers/Cogeco/Telus local lines

The reality is that infrastructure is expensive to build, and the low cost resellers aren't going to be able to build their own (at least not in most places) while maintaining lower prices and some sort of a profit margin.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

TekSavvy is not a reseller. They only use incumbent last-mile infrastructure. Once it's out of your neighborhood, it's their infrastructure.

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